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Visit the AAAS Force for Science website to follow the latest updates related to AAAS advocacy activities. News_0207_HoltHearing_teaser.png Rush Holt fields questions on everything from scientific research to the costs of regulations to curb climate change during House hearing. | Carla Schaffer/...

The nation’s leading scientific, engineering and academic organizations are calling on President Donald Trump to rescind the executive order on immigration and visas issued on 27 January, declaring it damaging to scientific progress, innovation and U.S. science and engineering capacity.

Scientific freedom and scientific responsibility are essential to the advancement of human knowledge for the benefit of all. Scientific freedom is the freedom to engage in scientific inquiry, pursue and apply knowledge, and communicate openly. This freedom is inextricably linked to and must be...

News_0120_RickPerry_teaser.jpg Perry walks back earlier statements about climate and the department he has been nominated to run, completing confirmation hearing for Energy secretary. | Gage Skidmore/Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0 Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry promised on Thursday to be an advocate for...

News_20160322_RushHoltOfficialPortrait.jpg AAAS’ Holt presses new administration to use scientific evidence in policy making through the help of a science adviser. | Chet Susslin/National Journal AAAS CEO Rush Holt called on President Donald Trump to appoint a respected scientist or engineer to...

In honor of LGBT Pride month, AAAS plans a Colloquium Series discussion with researcher Dr. Ramón Barthelemy, a co-author of the American Physical Society (APS) report, LGBT Climate in Physics: Building an Inclusive Community. Dr. Barthelemy's presentation, "LGBT Climate in Physics: Research and...